Background Interventions that reduce morbidity, in addition to mortality, warrant
prioritisation. It is important to understand the magnitude of potential morbidity and health …

Objective There is growing international interest in advancing 'the tobacco endgame'. We
use New Zealand (Smokefree goal for 2025) as a case study to model the impacts on …

Introduction Despite years of declining smoking prevalence, tobacco use is still the leading
preventable contributor to illness and death in the United States, and the effect of past …

Background Tobacco smoking is a major burden on the Australian population in terms of
health, social and economic costs. Because of this, in 2008, all Australian Governments …

Background Smoking and obesity are risk factors causing a large burden of disease. To help
formulate and prioritize among smoking and obesity prevention activities, estimations of …

Background Although increases in obesity over the past 30 years have adversely affected
the health of the US population, there have been concomitant improvements in health …

Objective To evaluate the long-term net economic impact of the California Tobacco Control
Program. Methods This study developed a series of dynamic models of smoking-caused …

Introduction Smoking is still the most preventable cause of cancer, and a leading cause of
premature mortality and health inequalities in the UK. This study modelled the health and …

Burden of Disease studies—such as the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study—quantify
health loss in disability-adjusted life-years. However, these studies stop short of quantifying …

Background To support health policy makers in setting priorities, quantifying the potential
effects of tobacco control on the burden of disease is useful. However, smoking is related to …